January 22 and 24, 2017 - 5 Promises of Prayer

1/22/2017
We are switching p-day to Wednesday this week because we are planning on going to the temple on Wednesday.  I'll e-mail you everything then.
Love yous!


1/24/2017
Aloha mai kakou,

So today is our p-day.  We switched it because we wanted to go to the temple this week so we are having all of our p-day activities today.

So this morning we got up pretty early and we went to the bus depot to get on the bus to take us to Templeview.  We aren't allowed to use our cars.  When we go to the temple we have to use public transportation or ask a member.  There was 8 of us elders that went together.  Nice fun ride over and we got there on time and we were ready there early.  It was really nice to be in the temple and feel a bigger peace and also to hear the words again and think about our covenants.  I was thinking about yous, the family, the missionary friends out on missions, and close friends back home too.  Hoping they are all doing well and that the gospel or Heavenly Father will find them some how.  I also was thinking about our investigators and recent converts and different families that I served with in the past.  I still remember lots of the things that we do in the temple.  It was awesome to do temple work! Then after that we all shot back to our areas and went to emails.

Last week wasn't that bad.  We are doing a lot of sports every morning with the other elders in the zone for our morning exercise.  We do service with the elderly people in our ward.  We plant their gardens and sometimes do their yard work so that's fun.  We had zone conference.  It was hard to keep up with some of the things that they were talking about.  I am still going over some of the scriptures that they were reading but I will get there.  We talked a lot about helping our investigators and less actives with keeping commitments and praying on their own for specific things.  It was a really long day.  It was a six hour long conference and the drive there was about an hour and a half with traffic.  I was dead at the end of the day.  From then on we were just fixing small things in the program for the baptism which was mean as.  The two speakers that spoke was awesome.  They were simple and used analogies to explain the messages and it was really meaningful to the Bird family.  One of the elders that first met the Birds did the baptism, Elder Ingram.  Dean forgot to hold his nose when he went in the water.  The girls sang for part of the program and I was really surprised.  They are really really good.  They sang the song Oceans and they sounded just as good as the recording or better.  They are really talented.  Then we had a big feed after.  The next day Dean was confirmed and sustained a member and a holder of the priesthood.  He was just glowing and he was soaking in everything.  That day they stayed for the entire 3 hours.  It was cool to help a part of the family to get on their way to be an eternal family and help them to know that God is waiting for us.  and that Christ has invited us and we just need to take it.  We are still working with the rest of the Bird family.  Dean is planning on baptizing the family and some other investigators too.  This work is so much fun!  The joy of this mission is helping others.

I hope that everything is going okay back home.  I miss you all.  Miha help out with things.  Don't forget Aukele, always serve others, love your brother and parents, and beware of pride.  Kamaha'o, make good choices and be an example to others.  Don't be a follower but be humble.  Kahali keep praying for help, trust in God.  Alex, alwasy be worthy of the priesthood that you hold and lead your family to live the gospel.  Take care of Alika and Kahiwa.  Keep them strong and healthy and teach them the Gospel.  Mom and Dad, I love you both so much.  Keep looking out for me!  Thanks for all that you do for me.  I will send another one of these next week!  Ofa Atu.